I am always up for a challenge, but it wasn’t until I was in high school where I had one of the biggest challenges of my academic career. I have countless stories about how I was in school just breezing...

STORY RISTA DAHAL PHOTOGRAPHY USED WITH PERMISSION   AVA FABIAN She embraces her friends in the lobby of her middle school, exchanging tearful goodbyes and promises to always stay in...

Story by Vivian Kolks | Photography by Emma Stiefel It’s the night before the deadline, but Lakota East alumni and former Spark editor-in-chief Christine Shi isn’t frantically writing or copy editing,...

Story by Michelle Chu | Photography by Emma Stiefel For years she has watched the football games off of her laptop at home, cheering the team on. She always dreamed of the moment she would become a Buckeye...

Story by Michelle Chu | Photography Illustration by Christine Shi With his gelled hair, button-down shirts and Sperry boat shoes, East senior Mitch Bockhorst looks like he’s stepped out of a college...